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Solid_Snake4RD on 17 July 2010
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jarrod said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
jarrod said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
jarrod said:

And Blu-ray will likely be customized for Wii 2

more like GC disc

 Panasonic makes all Nintendo's optical drives, and they're one of the biggest IP holders (and thus royalty takers) on Blu-ray...

again bullshit

whatever Wii 2 uses, it might not play BD movies (so Nintendo can avoid that fee),

but will need to pay other BD fees

but it'll definitely be BD based (for storage capacity and copy protection).

not full BD based

it will be like GC Disc was like DVD but inferior

and PS4 will probably have 500gb-1000gb Blu-ray so i don't think Wii will have that

GC was just mini-DVD.

it was like mini-dvd but it didn't have all the patents of DVD or mini-dvd

Wii uses DVD.  Wii 2 will use BD.  This isn't rocket science, it's just the natural path.

what stops it from using mini-BD and without patents

and don't use that rocket science line again,its too cliche

And Panasonic is one of the top four takers for BD royalties, along with Sony, Phillips and Warner.

it is one of the top 3 takers

They have and close relationship with Nintendo, and they developed the GC/Wii optical drives and piracy protections for them.

yes they have a close relationship with nintendo

but the piracy protection didn't work much.

 Wii 2 will also probably put more BD drives into homes than any other single system...

nobody knows that.

probably 720 would be the winner next gen with 200million sales trumping all.

the probability statement doesn't work always



If you want to get more technical, Panasonic is actually the top taker for Blu-ray royalties.  I didn't say that originally as I knew it'd set you off though. ;)

nobody knows that

And as of now, you're right in that we have way too little info to really predict next gen's market leader.  Best guess now would be Nintendo, simply because they're market leader now.

not really,they could be at the top like 360 is over PS3 but it won't be much as they don't have the btter brand in all areas like the PS2.mostly casual

unless with the brand they do something unique again

 But that could change, without question.  In 2004 everyone figured PS3 would dominate too.  If Wii 2 sells just half what Wii does though, it could still even be the device that puts the most BD drives into homes... from that perspective,

not really as Wii half sales won't be more than PS3 sales.

PS3 is near half as Wii so it has psuhed the most BD's and wii2 sales won't be the first

it'd actually be in the BDA's best interests to try and convince Nintendo to allow movie playback and maybe cut them a deal on the fees...

again you are really stuck on ur theory that BD needs everyone to put their format to be succesfull,they are already succesful.

now its other choice whether to use BD quality or go with inferior thing